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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Honest to goodness, I'm not making this up. My wife likes to "mess around" with Alexa. Now, when I look at my account, I see... this. I'm not changing it.

Screen capture from Amazon's "About You" page, in which, under the "Home & Family" category, the site has indicated that it thinks that I own an ostrich.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I converted beer into code, and I was proud to do so. For more information, see "Ballmer peak." imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ballm...

XKCD comic #323, published by Randall Munroe in 2007, depicting a satirical graph where a programmer’s productivity rises sharply at a specific blood alcohol level (BAC) before declining with further intoxication. This specific, optimal BAC was deemed the "Ballmer peak."

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

So far, the best & most relevant eulogy, of sorts, I've read regarding the passing of Lindsey Graham.

A post from X by Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES), dated July 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM, which reads: "Lindsey Graham was a simple, tragic man. He lacked a moral core. The great empty spaces of his life were filled with an insatiable need for 'relevance.' He found it as a cast member in the most malignant reality show ever made." The post includes a picture of a smiling, sycophantic, clapping Lindsey Graham standing behind & to the right of a bloviating Donald Trump at a rally.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We're 32 years past what I'd hoped for as a kid...

A panel from the comic, "Thundarr the Barbarian #1" by Jason Aaron and Kewber Baal, with the following narration: "The year, 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction. Man's civilization is cast in ruin."

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Screen capture from the film series, "Subspecies," featuring Anders Hove as Count Radu Vladislas.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Behold, the pinnacle of token ring topology in the mid-80s! MWAH-HAHAHAHA! EVERY PC had to have one of these stuck to it in the typical office if it wanted to send data to other PCs! THE HORROR! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_R...

IBM hermaphroditic connector with locking clip. Screen contacts are prominently visible, gold-plated signal contacts less so.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The thing that makes this even funnier is that the U.S. Interior Press account on X did EXACTLY THIS yesterday:

A screen capture of a post on X (https://x.com/interiorpress47/status/2067436669997822440) by the U.S. Interior Press account, attempting to contradict the reality of the algae-overgrown, paint-peeling Reflecting Pool with a bit of obvious propaganda.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Baghdad Bob's new job as part of the Department of the Interior's intrepid propagan...er, "press" is going... meh.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Could be. Could also be that the pink jasmine flower typically has five petals.

Partial photograph of pink jasmine flower, showing the five petals and related structures.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I thought I'd seen this before...

Screen capture from "Baby Buggy Bunny," a 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon, featuring Bugs Bunny and "Babyface" Finster, edited to replace "Baby Buggsy" on the cradle with "Grogu" for satirical purposes.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Unfortunately, Woodford Reserve does offer engraving & personalization for gifts. If you email them, you can either get it done through them, or through a retailer that they support, it appears. www.woodfordreserve.com/lifestyle/gi...

Screenshot of Woodford Reserve website, showing bottle engraving service description.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The President of the United States, threatening to have the FBI arrest a comedian by claiming that he "had" James Comey arrested by the FBI. Needless to say, this is not merely illegal but unconstitutional, and reminds Americans that this is quite likely the most corrupt admin in American history.

Post on the Truth Social social media site by President Donald J. Trump, claiming that he had James Comey arrested and threatening Jimmy Kimmel with similar treatment.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Seriously, we've spent the last half-decade in "short-term disruption," because we never recovered from the pandemic. Trump's actions are going to make the pandemic look like a welcome blip for years to come, as he's destroying oil production & futures.

Graph of retail gasoline prices, in dollars per gallon across all grades & formulations, for the last 40+ years at a monthly granularity. Graph provided as a courtesy of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Guess who just figured out being a misogynistic MAGA asshole might be a bad idea when it comes time to get paid and endorsed?

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Show me your Uber driver, indeed.

Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai, taking a call outside the jet car in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension."

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Sen. Rand Paul loves to celebrate knocking down the strawmen he sets up, doesn't he? I do enjoy the fact that he's likely identified the inevitable outcome of the Republican Party's repeated coup attempts and the disastrous terms of Donald Trump: the pendulum swinging hard to democratic socialism.

Screen capture of a post on X by Rand Paul, indicating that, because SCOTUS said that emergency powers can't be used to enact taxes, it's a victory for America because that means a future president like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can't use emergency powers to enact socialism.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

What's that? Trump broke another promise, and enraged another group of ardent supporters who followed him because of that promise? Get in line, MAHA morons, behind the "One Of The Good Ones" Latinx, "He Wouldn't Screw Us Twice" farmers & workers, "We Stood Back And Stood By" incels, etc.

Two screen captures from the Mel Brooks movie, "Blazing Saddles," in which the bad guys were tricked by the slaves into singing "Camptown Ladies", recaptioned to read "This is what you voted for... doo dah... doo dah..."

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Can't tell if that's a headline in a newspaper or a promotional quote in a particularly grim marketing flyer. Reminds me of something...

Screen capture of the satirical product "Soylent Green" from "The Simpsons" television show, with an advertising slogan that reads "NOW WITH MORE GIRLS!"

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

At this point, it's harder to find places in my house that don't have books in them.

A 4-picture mosaic of the books in my library.

A 4-picture mosaic of the books & magazines in my dining room.

A 3-picture mosaic of the books in my bedroom.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The thing is, they're being disingenuous. You can get up to 72 separate injections, as some vaccines may require multiple injections over time, depending on a number of factors. Before the CDC was run by insane people, we had a clean schedule:

A schedule graph published by the CDC and AAFP, illustrating the recommended immunizations for children from birth through 6 years old, by milestone and vaccination.

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Avery Farman @averyfarman.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Peace Prize President: YULE ALL PAY! YULE - RUE THE DAY! HO! HO! HO! This is why no one takes us at face value any more. He attacked another country because he thought it'd be fun to bomb Nigeria on Christmas all because a single ISIS soldier killed two U.S. soldiers. Any excuse, eh, Donnie?

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